Definitions

leggy

[leg-ee] / ˈlɛg i /

ADJECTIVE

gangling

Synonyms

WEAK

awkward bony gawky lanky long-legged long-limbed lumbering skinny spindly tall thin

ADJECTIVE

gangly

Synonyms

STRONGEST

awkward bony gawky lanky rangy skinny spindly tall

WEAK

long-legged long-limbed lumbering spindling thin

Antonyms

STRONGEST

chubby fat graceful heavy overweight plump thick

ADJECTIVE

rangy

Synonyms

STRONGEST

gangly lanky skinny spindly

WEAK

gangling long-legged long-limbed reedy spindling thin weedy

Antonyms

STRONGEST

chubby

WEAK

dumpy fat thick

ADJECTIVE

spindling

Synonyms

WEAK

awkward bony gangly gawky lanky long-legged long-limbed lumbering rangy skinny spindly tall thin

Example Sentences

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Seeing him paw the ground and whinny only served to emphasize how leggy and coltish he had become.

From Literature

Isak gradually worked his way into the game, but started to look leggy as the first half came to a close.

From BBC

He says this seriously, even though he’s striding around Streisand’s 3-acre property like a leggy teenager.

From Los Angeles Times

With a pair of bright pink tweezers in hand, Emma Teni is delicately wrestling a large and leggy spider in a small plastic pot.

From BBC

Los Angeles was Chandler’s terrain, as much of a muse as any of the leggy blonds that populated his fiction.

From Los Angeles Times